A work in progress detailing the German field marshals and their decorations, etc. Newly promoted Generalfeldmarshalls 1940 20 April 1936 – Werner von Blomberg (1878–1946) 4 February 1938 – Hermann Göring (1893–1946) Göring was later promoted to the even-higher rank of Reichsmarshal and was the only German to have held this rank. He was further the only field marshal to have 2 batons, one for Field Marshal (blue) and the other for Reichsmarshal (Ivory). 19 July 1940 – Fedor von Bock (1880–1945) Snyder's treasures compares the original FM baton to a replica. 19 July 1940 – Walther von Brauchitsch (1881–1948) 19 July 1940 – Albert Kesselring (1885–1960) 19 July 1940 – Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946) 19 July 1940 – Günther von Kluge (1882–1944) 19 July 1940 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876–1956) 19 July 1940 – Wilhelm List (1880–1971) 19 July 1940 – Erhard Milch (1892–1972) 19 July 1940 ...
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